Poetry. David Hassler was named Ohio Poet of the year in 2006 by the Ohio Poetry Day Association. He is the author of Sabishi: Poems from Japan and Growing Season: The Life of a Migrant Community and is co-editor of Learning by Heart: Contemporary American Poetry about School (U. of Iowa, 2004) and A place to Grow: Voices and Images of Urban Gardeners. His writing has appeared in Prairie Schooner, The Sun, Double Take/Points of Entry, Indiana Review and other journals. RED KIMONO, YELLOW BARN is his first collection of poetry. Stephen Kuusisto says "David Hassler's poems are as alive as good conversation: at once lyrical and 'storied.' He improvises luck and memory to create work of precise learning and condor." And Naomi Shihab Nye says, "David Hassler's poems create a calm, clean swept space in the mind and heart."